At Gender at Work, we are committed to reflection as both a political and pedagogical act, using it to reveal insights, challenge assumptions, and adapt our practices. Our approach to learning is emergent: shaped by context, grounded in feminist values and open to the unknown. We see learning as both a method and a muscle: something strengthened through practice, vulnerability and shared reflection.
In this final blog in the “Keeping the light on: Reflections on GEI and AI in Africa” series, the Peer Learning Journey facilitators Ethan Gilsdorf, David Kelleher, Khanysa E. Mabyeka, Lucía Mesa Vélez and Marie-Kate Waller share their learning from accompanying AI4D hubs and labs across the two-year PLJ process.
G@W Senior Associate Michal Friedman reflects on the benefits of peer learning, action learning, emergent learning approach for organisations
In this final blogpost of the AI Research and COVID: Journeys to Gender Equality and Inclusion series, Carol Miller and Marie-Katherine (Kate) Waller reflect on the key threads of this blog series that emerged from Gender at Work and research grantees’ collaboration in an 18-month gender action learning process in the AI4COVID program. They also highlight how researcher journeys, and the GAL process demonstrated the importance of creating safe spaces for learning and the value of multidisciplinary collaboration in supporting social transformation.
The relegation of all matters related to women and what is referred to as “families” to religious institutions and religious laws has proven to be at the detriment of women and children. In fact, family laws have proven to be hazardous to women and to gender non-conforming.
Bama Athreya, Senior Advisor in Gender and Social Inclusion at C&A Foundation, on why addressing gender justice is key to fundamentally transform fashion into a force for good.
